Band-in-a-Box 4+

This app hasn’t been updated for years, despite known bugs. A significant bug is that the app display is out-of-sync when it plays songs that have three beats to a measure (e.g. 3/4 or 9/8 time signature. Another bug is that the app freezes if you happen to touch where the current song title appears. And there are other bugs. Nevertheless, the app mostly works and can be a fun practice companion.

I downloaded this app once before and couldn't figure it out once the server screen came up. Then I read all the terrible reviews and decided it wasn't worth the trouble. But then I decided to spend some time figuring it out and found that this app is really cool. I have a MacBook Air, so I can't actually create or modify songs on the app, but that's fine. Here's what I can do. I use Mac BIAB to create a BIAB file (MGU or SGU) and render it as an audio file. Then I save/export BOTH files to Dropbox. Thought the IOS app, I download BOTH files (that's the trick - your need both files!). Now when I select OPEN on the IOS app, the name of the song appears, and I can open it. It sounds great (since it's an MP4) and since the MGU/SGU is open too, the chord changes appear on the screen like they do in the desktop BIAB. So I can now use my iPhone or iPad with my piano and play through songs without having to set up a laptop. There needs to be specific Mac instructions so more people can figure this out. My only complaint about PGmusic is that they are so Windows-centric. But the new BIAB 2016 is fantastic for Mac so I can't complain too much.

This is totally dumb, a) if you dont already own Band in a Box, this is useless. B) if you already own Band ina Box, why mess with a very limited iPad version that requires you to connect, download, and virtually do everything in the version in your server, no this is not a stand alone or even slimmed down version of BIAB. This is basically nothing, which requires you to spend a ton of time figuring OUT it is nothing, dont mention trying to find your server Ip address at the bginning. Waste of time and effort,